Where's Nifty?! #2

kbColorado wrote in post #18181342
Welcome, Nifty!

Nifty arrived today in a bonus pack. Thank you, Renata ... for Nifty, the new hood, polarization filter, lens cap, nice note and the biggest surprise ... a beautiful piece of your art. More about that later!

Nifty's new digs ... a 5 shot panorama

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Paul, you're more than welcome. I'm glad that Nifty is in your beautiful part of this world. Looking forward to more magnificent views of Colorado

At present we would like anyone wishing to host have at least a 200 post count or have been active on POTN for a year. Hopefully, this will reduce the number of people that do not participate in a timely manner, or "forget" to move Nifty on to the next host, or simply don't care.

* Though, this doesn't seem to alter the fact that people tend to forget to send Nifty on and tend to post very little... with some exceptions! To sign up to be a host, please copy the list completely, add your name to the bottom of the sub-list that is in your area of the world, paste the entire list into a new post with your name added.

USA Nifty:

(CO) KbColorado (in possession)
(UT) tadrscin
(Chicago IL) KurtB
(Buffalo, NY) KenjiS – (moved down the list, too busy)
(Cleveland, OH) DutchinCLE
(Atlanta, GA) CameraMan
(Chicagoland, IL) Nekrosoft13
(Orlando FL) Justman1020 (No Response, moved to bottom of the list)
(Hawaii) ChrisBlaze (deployed, but on the list!)
(MI) Blake C
USA - (Texas) Ron Bailey (Possessed a Nifty, but Nifty is missing and now Written Off as Gone)
(RI) Archer1960

Euro Nifty:
(Scotland) AnnieMacD (in possession)
(The Netherlands) Levina de Ruijter

Adorama Nifty - Canadians:
(AB) Photorider (in possession)

DUPAN Nifty:

Another Nifty gone but not forgotten and replaced by Gary - Thank You gutterscum!
(Ararat Victoria) – gutterscum Gary (in possession, delivered 20 Jan 2016)
(Kandahar-Afghanistan) Bk2life (james) (In Possession)
(Cebu-Philippines or Hong Kong) Reservoir Dog

kbColorado wrote in post #18181342
Welcome, Nifty!

Nifty arrived today in a bonus pack. Thank you, Renata ... for Nifty, the new hood, polarization filter, lens cap, nice note and the biggest surprise ... a beautiful piece of your art. More about that later!

Nifty's new digs ... a 5 shot panorama

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/P6b9​Pn welcome nifty panorama- by Westcliffe Slim, on Flickr

I love those vast horizons.
Sounds like Renata made that Nifty really special!

I have information about the disappeared Dupan Nifty that was with (Kandahar-Afghanistan) Bk2life (james)
He brought it back to the USA with him...
So if you are near the top of the USA list, contact James if you are ready to host.

Just another reason you are one of the best hosts Renata. <3

Great news Paul. I love Colorado and look forward to seeing where you live.

That is wonderful Joayne. Happy that Dupan Nifty is back in the rotation.

As for Adorama Nifty. We went out today to a Remembrance day Ceremony at the Military Museum here in Calgary. Excited to get him out after a short stint sitting quietly in my bag. I knew it would be crazy busy and didn't want to bring everything with me. So I just brought Nifty and my camera and left the backpack at home. I get there, find a great location to watch from and turn on the camera...... and the screen says.... no memory card..... This is a first. Needless to say, I have no photos from today. I will be out tomorrow.

The road through Hardscrabble Pass, the shortest way to Colorado Springs or Pueblo from here. It follows an old stagecoach route. Fare for a ride on the stagecoach was cheaper if you agreed to get out and push on the steepest parts.

The most prominent peak is Lovers Leap.

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Animals outnumber humans in our county. Nifty is earnest in its efforts to be a wildlife lens, but it's strengths lie elsewhere


These are Pronghorn Sheep. Many of the locals call them antelope but no antelope live in North America. These are the fastest mammals on the continent. They were hanging out by the road but
of course started moving away when I stopped. They hung out a little bit until the Big Boy second from the right decided it was time to leave.

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Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #18181747
I love those vast horizons.
Sounds like Renata made that Nifty really special!

Thank, Levina but I didn't make it really special; I just happen to have some old items left over from my own old Nifty

joayne wrote in post #18181737
At present we would like anyone wishing to host have at least a 200 post count or have been active on POTN for a year. Hopefully, this will reduce the number of people that do not participate in a timely manner, or "forget" to move Nifty on to the next host, or simply don't care.

* Though, this doesn't seem to alter the fact that people tend to forget to send Nifty on and tend to post very little... with some exceptions! To sign up to be a host, please copy the list completely, add your name to the bottom of the sub-list that is in your area of the world, paste the entire list into a new post with your name added.

USA Nifty:

(CO) KbColorado (in possession)
(UT) tadrscin
(Chicago IL) KurtB
(Buffalo, NY) KenjiS – (moved down the list, too busy)
(Cleveland, OH) DutchinCLE
(Atlanta, GA) CameraMan
(Chicagoland, IL) Nekrosoft13
(Orlando FL) Justman1020 (No Response, moved to bottom of the list)
(Hawaii) ChrisBlaze (deployed, but on the list!)
(MI) Blake C
USA - (Texas) Ron Bailey (Possessed a Nifty, but Nifty is missing and now Written Off as Gone)
(RI) Archer1960

Euro Nifty:
(Scotland) AnnieMacD (in possession)
(The Netherlands) Levina de Ruijter

Adorama Nifty - Canadians:
(AB) Photorider (in possession)

DUPAN Nifty:

Another Nifty gone but not forgotten and replaced by Gary - Thank You gutterscum!
(Ararat Victoria) – gutterscum Gary (in possession, delivered 20 Jan 2016)
(Kandahar-Afghanistan) Bk2life (james) (In Possession)
(Cebu-Philippines or Hong Kong) Reservoir Dog

joayne wrote in post #18181836
I have information about the disappeared Dupan Nifty that was with (Kandahar-Afghanistan) Bk2life (james)
He brought it back to the USA with him...
So if you are near the top of the USA list, contact James if you are ready to host.

I'm not sure how to add myself to the list again, but I would like to host Nifty again after (RI) Archer 1960

photorider wrote in post #18182095
Just another reason you are one of the best hosts Renata. <3

Great news Paul. I love Colorado and look forward to seeing where you live.

That is wonderful Joayne. Happy that Dupan Nifty is back in the rotation.

As for Adorama Nifty. We went out today to a Remembrance day Ceremony at the Military Museum here in Calgary. Excited to get him out after a short stint sitting quietly in my bag. I knew it would be crazy busy and didn't want to bring everything with me. So I just brought Nifty and my camera and left the backpack at home. I get there, find a great location to watch from and turn on the camera...... and the screen says.... no memory card..... This is a first. Needless to say, I have no photos from today. I will be out tomorrow.

Trever, thank you.
And I do know that feeling of dragging Nifty out to a location only to discover that I had no memory card in my camera. I've learnt my lesson and planted 2 spares in my car and some in my camera bags

ENifty here!

Mam's been far too busy at work for my liking so I haven't been able to keep up with the posts. However, Last weekend we went off on a walk we had done previously but we had to move faster as it gets dark so early now. Also, everything is really brown and dull compared to the summer colours. Here are a few photos.

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In 1869, a group of 250 German Lutherans in Chicago agreed on a plan. They would each contribute $250 and venture west to the mostly unsettled area of the Wet Mountain Valley in the Rocky Mountains. They took the railroad as far west as possible, to Kansas City. From there it was a wagon train to an area that is now south central Colorado. They would homestead the area, live off the land, and make a new start. A combination of lack of agricultural experience, horrible weather and worse luck doomed the expedition within the first year.

When they arrived, a lottery determined the order the homesteaders would choose their acreage. William Schulze won the lottery, and chose an area that had everything ... a precious water supply of three creeks flowing from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just to the west, trees to offer protection from the winds that would often howl from the northwest and, as a bonus, a beautiful up close view of the Rockies.

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A couple more from the graveyard

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Nifty and I both got a high altitude workout today. Nifty took it like a champ. I'll feel better tomorrow

My dog Sophie sitting still for a rare moment with our friend Bob. We are hiking up an old road that has been closed to traffic for a few years now.

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Beautiful shots Annie and Paul. That is a really interesting story
of the settlers and your land.

Great shots, Annie! I imagine it's getting cold out now. It sure is here.

Fascinating story, Paul. Love the pics too. And looking at your friend, it's cold in your part of the world too!

Thanks, everyone.

Paul, love your photos and story of the settlers. Great that you managed to get such a beautiful parcel of land. Did you purchase it from William's descendants or had it gone back to the state?

I would be up these mountains in a second if I was there! Probably need Mountain Rescue to get me, though, as I'm no mountaineer - just a crazy hill-walker.

Levina, we had snow on the hills but it melted in the last couple of days as the temperature shot up. If it's OK with you, I'll hold on to ENifty for a few days more to see if we can get one more outing.